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August 19, 2013: A message from CAI Co-founder Greg Mortenson on World Humanitarian Day 19 Aug 2013 | 11:57 pm
August 19, 2013: A message from CAI Co-founder Greg Mortenson on World Humanitarian Day Central Asia Institute today joins the global community in celebrating World Humanitarian Day. We especially rem...
August 16, 2013: YMCA campers get glimpse of life in remote villages where CAI works 17 Aug 2013 | 02:39 am
August 16, 2013: YMCA campers get glimpse of life in remote villages where CAI works BOZEMAN, Mont. — Start with breakfast. That’s what I did this week to help explain some of the similarities and dif...
August 8, 2013: Eid Mubarak! 9 Aug 2013 | 12:02 am
August 8, 2013: Eid Mubarak! Central Asia Institute’s Board of Directors and staff wish all our Muslim friends blessings of peace on Eid al-Fitr, at the conclusion of Ramadan. Eid al-Fitr, which means...
August 7, 2013: CAI helps young Afghan women jump hurdles to higher education 7 Aug 2013 | 08:26 pm
August 7, 2013: CAI helps young Afghan women jump hurdles to higher education NOTE: The young women’s names have been changed for their protection. Every time I visit the Central Asia Institute-suppor...
July 23, 2013: Silver Jubilee party marks 20 years working in Baltistan 23 Jul 2013 | 08:42 pm
July 23, 2013: Silver Jubilee party marks 20 years working in Baltistan When Greg and CAI Executive Director David Starnes arrived in Skardu in mid-June this year, CAI’s local program director, Mohamm...
June 4, 2013: CAI team visits Broghil region of extreme northern Pakistan 4 Jun 2013 | 08:21 pm
June 4, 2013: CAI team visits Broghil region of extreme northern Pakistan GILGIT, Pakistan – Central Asia Institute’s Gilgit-based team, photographer Erik Petersen, and I have just returned from an am...
May 23, 2013: CAI scholarships help make girls’ dreams come true in northern Pakistan 23 May 2013 | 11:25 pm
May 23, 2013: CAI scholarships help make girls’ dreams come true in northern Pakistan ISHKOMAN VALLEY, Ghizer District, Northern Pakistan — When Ayla Bibi was 16 years old, her widowed mother decided ...
May 10, 2013: CAI supports Afghan teachers in training 11 May 2013 | 03:12 am
May 10, 2013: CAI supports Afghan teachers in training KAPISA Province, Afghanistan — Farida was 36 years old when she decided to return to school to earn a teaching degree. She was relieved to learn ...
April 26, 2013: If you build it, they will come: CAI’s women’s centers thriving in northern Pakistan 26 Apr 2013 | 11:49 pm
April 26, 2013: If you build it, they will come: CAI’s women’s centers thriving in northern Pakistan GICH, Pakistan – On a snowy morning in January, a fire was roaring in the woodstove in the women’s ...
April 15, 2013: Students ‘round the world much more alike than they are different 16 Apr 2013 | 04:19 am
April 15, 2013: Students ‘round the world much more alike than they are different Note from CAI: As we prepared to post this blog item today, two bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon finish line, kil...
